Nugent Stands With Buchanan, Praises His "Rock-Solid Conservative Thoughts"

[NNN0LHI]

http://mediamatters.org/blog/201202210003

February 21, 2012 9:30 am ET by Matt Gertz

In his latest Washington Times column, "American rock 'n' roll, sporting and political activist icon" and National Rifle Association board member Ted Nugent criticizes MSNBC in response to Pat Buchanan's announcement that he is departing the network. According to Nugent, Buchanan "was fired by MSNBC for doing nothing more than voicing his rock-solid conservative thoughts" on the air.

Nugent also criticizes "leftists" for using "anti-American guerrilla warfare tactics" by attempting to "silence" conservatives, adding that their "real message" is "intolerance, zealotry, bigotry and hate."

As Buchanan noted in his column, his parting from MSNBC came in the face of sustained criticism from Media Matters, Color of Change, the Human Rights Campaign, and the Anti-Defamation League, among others, in response to Buchanan's lengthy record of bigoted comments.

Nugent, of course, has his own history of inflammatory rhetoric.

[CAPHAVOC]

1. Too much Orange Sunshine. Not enough Thorazine.

[DonCoquixote]

2. funny thing is

Ted is kissing the arse of the same people that would have called him a "hippie" or (ugly word that rhymes with "maggot.&quot

[paulk]

3. more like rocks for brains

[flakey_foont]

4. Shocking! Positively shocking!

Never really thought of Nugent as a candidate for MENSA....

[TlalocW]

5. Long story short

I went and bought and got Nugent's autograph on his book, "Kill It and Grill It," to give to my brother-in-law who is also a hunter (both gun and bow) but also more of a country-music listener. Won't go into the fun my gf and I had waiting in line. Anyway, gave it to him, for which he thanked me profusely. A month later, I saw him again and asked what he thought of the book, "Jamie (he still calls me by my childhood name), I... I didn't know what to think. The recipes looked good, but the rest of the book was so.. stupid that I thought he was playing some sort of druggy character that I just wasn't getting. Then I saw him on television, and he really is just that stupid."

TlalocW

[Lint Head]

6. Nugent is an irrelevant jerk that likes to kill things to try to prove he is not a coward.

He likes to use the phrase "guerrilla warfare tactics" among other military terms knowing he doesn't have a damn clue what they means.
He was never in the military.

From what I've heard backing Buchanan confirms to me that he is a bigoted racist.

[zbdent]

7. behold ... a prime example of gravitational pull of nutso ...

[Comrade Grumpy]

8. Shut up and play your guitar!

[gratuitous]

9. Why does Ted Nugent hate the free market?

Isn't MSNBC allowed to make personnel decisions without consulting with Kommissar Nugent? Is there some elitist cabal of mediocre guitarist-NRA Board Members who shit their own pants to dodge the draft that needs to redlight or greenlight all hiring and firing on basic cable channels?